Spanish archetypes in transnational cinema: a comparative study of iconography
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Spanish archetypes in transnational cinema: a comparative study of iconographyAutoría
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2015Editor
Taylor & FrancisISSN
1463-6204; 1469-9818Cita bibliográfica
BENET, Vicente J. Spanish archetypes in transnational cinema: a comparative study of iconography. Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, 2015, vol. 16, no 1, p. 9-27.Tipo de documento
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14636204.2015.1042322Palabras clave / Materias
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Bullfighting is one of the most typical icons that brings to mind Spanish culture. It served as a narrative and iconographic motif for nineteenth-century Romantic travelers and remained central to the representation ... [+]
Bullfighting is one of the most typical icons that brings to mind Spanish culture. It served as a narrative and iconographic motif for nineteenth-century Romantic travelers and remained central to the representation of what was considered the essence of Spain for writers and artists of the twentieth century; it continues to be a significant, albeit controversial, marker of Spanish identity in the present. As a modern phenomenon, bullfighting has had a close relationship with cinema. This article aims to analyze, from a cinematic perspective, the use of symbols, iconographies and narrative themes that have served to construct a Spanish national imaginary. Beginning with the recordings of bullfights made by the Lumière company, it goes on to analyze different versions of Blood and Sand and concludes with the movie Blancanieves, moving through a wide range of phases in the historical trajectory of the filmic representation of bullfighting. The article takes a transnational perspective, paying particular attention to films and coproductions made outside of Spain and showing the tension between transnational models – in which the notion of Spanishness is endowed with exoticism and “otherness” – and specifically Spanish formulations. The article addresses cinema's contribution to the past construction of the iconic paradigm of Spain and to its continuing validity today. [-]
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